Judge tosses class-action claims against Michigan State for Title IX kangaroo courts
Last year a prominent lawyer for students accused of sexual misconduct launched a novel legal strategy.
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73 percent of college students want to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day: poll
Nearly three-fourths of college students want to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, according to the results of a new College Fix poll.
Public university won’t provide budget or details for its new ‘Anti-Racism Institute’
Shippensburg University recently announced that it plans to open a new “Anti-Racism Institute” on campus.
Department of Ed threatens Pitt’s funding for demoting professor who said affirmative action harms students
The University of Pittsburgh is under federal investigation for allegedly retaliating against a professor for his views and practicing “overtly race-based admission and hiring.”
From the campus to American culture: Bias reporting spreads to Yelp
Several years ago, colleges concerned about racism on campus began setting up what they called “Bias Response Teams” — online systems where students and professors could anonymously report one another for perceived bias relating to race, ethnicity, sexual identity, or otherwise.
Cornell English Department changes name to avoid perception of ‘English as a nationality’
Faculty at Cornell University’s English Department have voted to change the department’s name so as to avoid the “conflation of English as a language and English as a nationality.”
Wake Forest University offers new ‘antiracist use of math’ class
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Wake Forest University this fall is offering a “racist and anti-racist uses of math and statistics class” in an effort to combat racism within the discipline of mathematics and the math department itself, according to the scholar who created it.
Chinese national security law prompts American colleges to protect students’ identities
A controversial Chinese national security law now has some American universities scrambling to protect their students, allowing some to submit work anonymously to evade law enforcement.
San Francisco may rename over 40 schools because ‘slavery,’ ‘oppression’
The San Francisco Unified School District may soon change the names of over 40 schools because of their connections to “slavery, genocide [and] oppression.”
Christian colleges invite non-Christians to help develop Christian curriculum
In a forthcoming curriculum program on Christian leadership, Christian colleges are partnering with an unexpected source: non-Christians.
